un-forwandodlíce
without swerving ⬩ directly ⬩ unexpectedly ⬩ suddenly ⬩ with a disregard of fear ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ freely ⬩ fearlessly ⬩ rashly ⬩ recklessly ⬩ inconsiderately ⬩ heedlessly
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Ðǽr bið dæghwomlíce wóp ... and endeleás cwylming, tó ðam Egeas onet unforwandodlíce, Homl. Th. i. 592, 17
Linked entry: -wandodlíce
weorod
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Sweet Werod (word, v.l. late) dulcis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 54, 5. Wæter . . . werod on swæcce, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4. Hwæðer hit bið ðe wered ðe biter ðe wé ðicgaþ, 372, 29: Ex. 15, 25. Weredre mulsae, Hpt. Gl. 413, 40.
ymb-þanc
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Hwæt sceolan ús, oþþe hwæt dóþ ús ðara worda ymb*-*þonc ? Tó morgenne wé beóþ gesémde of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter, Blickl. Homl. 183, 12
hefig-líce
sluggishly ⬩ dully ⬩ vehemently ⬩ deeply ⬩ intensely
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R. 13, 15. with grief, displeasure, or anger Þá hǽðenan weras his word hefiglíce (moleste) onféngcon, Gr. D. 250, 20. Hefiglíce dure. Gen. 21, 11 (in Dict.). Fela spræc se Hǽlend and hefiglíce be rícum; ac hé hí eft gefréfrode, Hml.
Hwiccas
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. ¶ Perhaps the word is used in a limited and in a wider sense. In a list of territorial names in one group occurs the following :-- Hicca (Wicca, 416, 7, a Latin form of the list) landes is þrý hund hýda.
on-gildan
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Ne habbað wiht for þæt, þeáh hé wom dón ofer Meotudes bibod: monig sceal ongieldan sáwel súsles, Fä. 71.
fyrst
first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence
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., fyrst ferhðbana; nó þý fæg[en]ra wæs, wolde líge gesyllan beorna sélost his swǽsne sunu tó sigetibre to the meeting-place led Abraham Isaac . . ., noble destroyer of life; not the more joyous was he (i. e. he was sorely troubled), to the flames would
gehæft-world
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal
ofer-findan
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Hé þóhte, siþþan ꝥ folc oferfunden wǽre, ꝥ hié siþþan wolde eall þæt hé wolde, Ors. 6, 37 ; S. 296, 6
Linked entry: ofer-fundenness
gamenian
To joke ⬩ play ⬩ jŏcŭlāri ⬩ jŏcāri
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To joke, play; jŏcŭlāri, jŏcāri Gregorius gamenode mid his wordum Gregory played with his words, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 4
mid-eard
The world
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The world Mideardes ordfruman mundi originem, Hymn. Surt. 13, 30. Seó sunne ðe onlíht ealne mideard, Homl. Skt. 1, 72
Linked entry: eard
glisian
to shine ⬩ glisten
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to shine, glisten Se glisigenda wibba cicindela, the glow-worm, Ælfc. Gl. 23; Som. 59, 123; Wrt. Voc. 23, 77
Linked entry: Clistún
wír-treów
A myrtle-tree
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Cnuca mid rosan wóse oððe wýrtreówes, Lchdm. i. 232, 12
Linked entry: wír
hrætele
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Rattle*-*wort Hrætelwyrt hierobotanum, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 73
hón
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The words 'his hon' in l. 3 seem to be a repetition of 'his hon[godon] ' in 1. 2. (?)
wæter-streám
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Críst wolde sylf swá hálgian úre fulluht mid his hálgan líchaman and ealle wæterstreámas mid his ingange, Nap. 67. Add
orleg-weorc
War-work, action
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War-work, action Se ðæt orlegweorc ( the defeat of the people of Sodom) gecýðde, Cd. Th. 122, 2; Gen. 2020
stæg
A stay ⬩ a rope supporting a mast ⬩ a stay
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A stay, a rope supporting a mast Stæg safo (in a list of nautical words), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 60
dolg
a wound, scar
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a wound, scar, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 114, 1: Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 24; Cri. 1108
ie
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For words beginning with these combinations look under i, í, and see the preliminary remarks under the letter I